Iraqi militia claims drone attack targeting US troops in Baghdad

Officers from the Iraqi Interior Ministry`s Explosives Directorate inspect the fuel tank of a rocket that landed in a rural village in Hilla city of Iraq on March 1. Pic/AFP

An Iraqi Shiite militia claimed a drone attack Monday targeting US troops at the airport in Iraq's capital, Baghdad, further widening the retaliation over the killing of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

The group, Saraya Awliya al-Dam, is one of a group of Shiite militias operating in Iraq following the 2003 US-led invasion of the country that toppled Saddam Hussein.

The US and Iraq did not immediately comment on the claim.

The attack comes as Iranian-supported militias including the Lebanese group Hezbollah have entered the war started by the U.S. and Israel launching an airstrike campaign targeting Iran's theocracy.

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